Long-term solar activity explored with wavelet methods

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 769-778

  Lundstedt, H ^a   Liszka, L ^a   Lundin, R ^a   Muscheler, R ^b  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR ACTIVITY; SUNSPOT; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750475681     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-769-2006     Document Type: Article

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